Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 16 27
Rank change year-on-year -22 +11 -20
Permanent jobs citing Python 182 340 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.36% 10.02% 7.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.38% 30.66% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 107 178 245
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +18.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -4.17%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 599 1,109 1,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.35% 32.68% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 456 647 1,255
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £44,688 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,527 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -37 72 £46,260 -33.91% 323
Oxfordshire -5 57 £67,500 -3.57% 83
Buckinghamshire -15 53 £60,000 - 68
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.55%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.55%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.55%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (18.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (37.91%) Azure
2 68 (37.36%) Power Platform
3 46 (25.27%) AWS
4 24 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (9.89%) Azure AI
6 15 (8.24%) GCP
6 15 (8.24%) Serverless
7 14 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (6.04%) Amazon ECS
9 11 (6.04%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (5.49%) SaaS
11 9 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (4.95%) GitHub
12 8 (4.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (3.85%) dbt
13 7 (3.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 6 (3.30%) Snowflake
15 5 (2.75%) Azure Machine Learning
15 5 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.30%) DNS
1 6 (3.30%) Firewall
1 6 (3.30%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.65%) Internet
2 3 (1.65%) MQTT
3 2 (1.10%) 5G
3 2 (1.10%) SpaceWire
4 1 (0.55%) 4G
4 1 (0.55%) Intranet
4 1 (0.55%) MIMO
4 1 (0.55%) Modbus
4 1 (0.55%) NGN
4 1 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (29.12%) Power BI
2 31 (17.03%) Tableau
3 19 (10.44%) Relational Database
4 15 (8.24%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (6.04%) RDBMS
7 10 (5.49%) Metadata
8 6 (3.30%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.75%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (2.20%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.65%) Data Hub
11 3 (1.65%) Looker
11 3 (1.65%) MySQL
11 3 (1.65%) Spark SQL
12 2 (1.10%) Airbyte
12 2 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
12 2 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.64%) Git
2 17 (9.34%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.04%) JMeter
3 11 (6.04%) JUnit
3 11 (6.04%) Mockito
4 7 (3.85%) MLflow
5 6 (3.30%) GitLab
6 5 (2.75%) Selenium
7 4 (2.20%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.20%) Postman
7 4 (2.20%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.55%) Appium
8 1 (0.55%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.55%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.55%) LabVIEW
General
1 72 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 43 (23.63%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (20.88%) Finance
4 18 (9.89%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.24%) Manufacturing
6 12 (6.59%) Law
7 8 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.75%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.20%) Marketing
11 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.65%) Retail
12 2 (1.10%) Automotive
12 2 (1.10%) Aviation
12 2 (1.10%) Banking
12 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.10%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.55%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.55%) Legal
13 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (24.73%) Analyst
2 42 (23.08%) Developer
3 30 (16.48%) Data Analyst
4 25 (13.74%) Senior
5 21 (11.54%) Software Engineer
6 19 (10.44%) Junior
7 18 (9.89%) Junior Analyst
7 18 (9.89%) Junior Data Analyst
8 14 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.59%) Java Developer
10 11 (6.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 11 (6.04%) Lead
10 11 (6.04%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 11 (6.04%) Power Platform Developer
11 9 (4.95%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (4.40%) Financial Analyst
13 7 (3.85%) Python Engineer
13 7 (3.85%) Salesforce Developer
14 6 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.29%) REST
2 16 (8.79%) SOAP
3 14 (7.69%) .NET
4 13 (7.14%) HTML
4 13 (7.14%) Spring Boot
5 12 (6.59%) JSON
5 12 (6.59%) Middleware
5 12 (6.59%) Spring
5 12 (6.59%) Web Services
5 12 (6.59%) XML
6 11 (6.04%) ActiveMQ
6 11 (6.04%) Apache Camel
6 11 (6.04%) Hibernate
6 11 (6.04%) jQuery
6 11 (6.04%) WireMock
7 8 (4.40%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (4.40%) Visualforce
8 6 (3.30%) scikit-learn
9 5 (2.75%) PyTorch
10 4 (2.20%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.34%) Low-Code
2 16 (8.79%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (8.24%) Life Science
4 7 (3.85%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.75%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.75%) Hackathon
7 4 (2.20%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.20%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.20%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.65%) Animation
8 3 (1.65%) LIMS
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.55%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.55%) IoT
10 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.55%) Smart City
10 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.74%) Linux
2 10 (5.49%) Unix
3 4 (2.20%) Windows
4 2 (1.10%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.55%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (35.16%) CI/CD
2 56 (30.77%) Agile
3 52 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 50 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (26.37%) AI
6 39 (21.43%) DevOps
7 35 (19.23%) Computer Science
8 34 (18.68%) Software Engineering
9 32 (17.58%) ETL
10 30 (16.48%) Analytics
10 30 (16.48%) Decision-Making
11 27 (14.84%) Machine Learning
12 26 (14.29%) Data Governance
12 26 (14.29%) Data Modelling
13 21 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (10.99%) Data Pipeline
14 20 (10.99%) Full-Stack Development
14 20 (10.99%) SDLC
15 19 (10.44%) Workflow
16 18 (9.89%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 77 (42.31%) SQL
2 39 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 32 (17.58%) Java
4 25 (13.74%) C++
5 22 (12.09%) C#
6 15 (8.24%) Shell Script
7 11 (6.04%) Bash
7 11 (6.04%) C
8 8 (4.40%) Apex Code
8 8 (4.40%) VBA
9 7 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (3.30%) Go
10 6 (3.30%) PowerShell
10 6 (3.30%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.75%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.20%) Fortran
12 4 (2.20%) PHP
12 4 (2.20%) Rust
13 3 (1.65%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.65%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (27.47%) Degree
2 26 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 22 (12.09%) Azure Certification
4 21 (11.54%) Master's Degree
5 14 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (5.49%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.40%) ACCA
7 8 (4.40%) CIMA
8 7 (3.85%) PhD
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.79%) Data Quality
1 16 (8.79%) QA
2 4 (2.20%) ECSS
3 3 (1.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.65%) GDPR
3 3 (1.65%) GxP
4 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 24 (13.19%) Docker
2 5 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.20%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.20%) KVM
4 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.59%) Kibana
2 12 (6.59%) Terraform
3 6 (3.30%) Ansible
4 4 (2.20%) Kubeflow
5 3 (1.65%) Argo
6 1 (0.55%) Control-M
6 1 (0.55%) Grafana
6 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.59%) Dynatrace
3 11 (6.04%) Splunk
4 10 (5.49%) Databricks
4 10 (5.49%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.49%) SAP
5 8 (4.40%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.75%) Google
6 5 (2.75%) VMware
7 3 (1.65%) Agilent
7 3 (1.65%) Talend
8 2 (1.10%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.10%) Cognos
8 2 (1.10%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.10%) IBM
8 2 (1.10%) Informatica
8 2 (1.10%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.10%) Oracle
8 2 (1.10%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.10%) Zoho